Makeup Artist Cindi Marvelous: Marvelous Lip Tips

For cracked dry lips:

1.) Keep lips soft and subtle by exfoliating them gently with a tooth brush in circular movements at least every other day. You can also use a gentle exfoliator like the one you use on your face on your lips at least once a week.

2.) Moisturize your lips with lip balm before bed & also before every lip colour application.

3.) Licking your lips does NOT moisturize them! It is only relieved temporarily but can cause your lips to dry out more. This is because saliva evaporates quickly and takes away the moisture from your lips leaving them way more chapped than before you even licked them. Saliva is also acidic as it helps in breaking down food in your stomach, which is why it can also irritate your lips.

4.) Drink plenty of water!

Make your lipstick last longer
The trick here is lipliner. Take the matching lipliner or color of your choice and apply it as you would a lipstick, then add some lip balm to moisten it. That’s it! Lip liners last longer than lipsticks. This trick is especially good with dark colors. If you want you can dab a little bit of lipstick on your lips afterwards.

Blot the extra colour with a tissue, reapply the lipstick and then dust the lips with powder. Since foundation and powder make beautiful lips drier, use lipstick with a creamy formula to counter the effect.

Tap eyeshadow or blush into your lipstick or gloss. Not only will this give you your own custom color, but the addition of powder will add longevity to the wear of the color.

Make-up Free Teeth
To keep lipstick and glosses on your lips and off your teeth, place your finger in your mouth (after applying the color, of course), close your lips and pull your finger out. The problematic gloss will come off on your finger, problem solved. You can also apply a little Vaseline on your teeth, this will prevent lip colour from sticking to your teeth.

Dark pigment lips:
You can wear almost any color lipstick you want even if you have dark lips. The trick is that to keep the "true" color of the lipstick intact you just need to prime your lips with some foundation before you put the lipstick on. Use the same foundation that matches your skin. just put a little bit of it on your lips with a sponge or your fingers to make the color evenly matched with your skin.

Tips for Sharpening Lip Pencil:
Chill it in the refrigerator for a few minutes first.

My new favorite thing!!!
D'finer D'liner Clear Lip Liner By Benefit Cosmetics
This is an invisible, anti-feathering lip liner that helps lipstick & gloss stay put on lips. The smooth and creamy pencil melts into fine lines and redefines the lip line, creating a more defined and smoother looking pucker. Line clean lips with D'finer D'liner Clear Lip Liner to define lip shape and prevent the feathering of lip color. For an everyday look I wear lip gloss a lot but it never stays, I found that lining my lips with this liner, helps the gloss from spreading and stays on even longer. LOVVVVE ITT!

Benefit - D'finer D'liner Clear Lip Liner 3g/0.1oz

This seasons trendy colour:
Orange!!
Like M.A.C. Neon Orange... LOVVVE ITTT!!!